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The Fight of the Century: Modernity vs Antiquity (1910 & 1912)

Arts & Culture 1910 was a year that marked a massive change in the world.  F.T. Marinetti’s “The Futurist Manifesto” had been published one year earlier, advocating for modern art to stop looking to the past and for aggressive literature … Continue reading

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Show Your Wit, Man: The Poetics of “One’s-Self I Sing”

Walt Whitman’s poem, “One’s-Self I Sing” embodies the Good Gray Poet’s obsession of being a “separate person” as well as “en-Masse.”  What is unique about this poem is its brevity.  Whitman is most celebrated as creating the American epic, Leaves … Continue reading

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